HOW TO KNOW WHAT LINUX DISTRO I HAVE

Distro:

cat /etc/*-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)

 lsb_release -a

LSB Version:    :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch

Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer

Description:    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)

Release:        5.3

Codename:       Tikanga

Kernel Version:

Linux dnsNameOfthecomputer 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


uname -mrs
Linux 2.6.18-128.el5 x86_64

1. Linux - Kernel name
2. 2.6.32-5-amd64 - Kernel version number
3. x86_64 - Machine hardware name (64 bit)

unzip:

unzip namefile.zip